Day 1 — City of origin › Sofia (D)

Check-in at the airport. Luggage check-in and departure on a scheduled daytime flight to Sofia. Arrival. Meeting with the Premier Club Bulgaria guide. Assistance and transfer to the hotel. Check-in and room allocation. Overnight.

Day 2 — Sofia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Panoramic tour of Sofia's historic centre: the Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral (interior), Sveta Nedelya Square, the Roman rotunda of St. George (4th century, one of the oldest in the Balkans), the churches of St. Nicholas, St. Petka and St. Sofia, Kliment Ohridski University, the National Art Gallery (former royal residence) and the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. Free afternoon.

Optional afternoon: Visit to the National History Museum (Thracian treasury, one of the oldest in the world) and the Boyana Church, with its famous frescoes considered forerunners of the European Renaissance. Overnight.

Day 3 — Sofia › Rila Monastery › Sofia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Rila Monastery, located 140 km south of Sofia — the main centre of Bulgarian Christian Orthodox culture and the largest monastery in the country. Return to Sofia. Overnight.

Day 4 — Sofia › Plovdiv (BB · L · D)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Plovdiv. Walking tour of the historic centre: the Revival quarter with 18th- and 19th-century buildings and the Roman Theatre. Hotel check-in. Free afternoon. Dinner with folk show at a traditional restaurant (includes 1 glass of wine and 1 glass of rakiya per person). Overnight.

Day 5 — Plovdiv › Kazanlak › Veliko Tarnovo (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Departure for Kazanlak, in the Rose Valley. Visit to the ethnographic village of Damascena (rose essence extraction), the Thracian Tomb of Kosmatka and the Archaeological Museum (Thracian Treasury). In the afternoon, a stop in Shipka to visit the Russian church. Continuation to Veliko Tarnovo. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 6 — Veliko Tarnovo › Sinaia (BB · L)

Buffet breakfast. Panoramic walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo's historic centre: Samovodska Charshiya street, Gurko street, the History Museum and Tsarevets Fortress. In the afternoon, departure for Sinaia (Romania). Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 7 — Sinaia › Bran › Sibiu (BB · L)

Morning visit to Peleș Palace, the summer residence commissioned by King Carol I of Romania. Departure for the village of Bran to visit Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle). Lunch at a local restaurant. Continuation to Sibiu, a city founded by German settlers in the 12th century. Panoramic tour of the historic centre. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 8 — Sibiu › Sighișoara › Cluj-Napoca (BB · L)

Departure for Sighișoara, a medieval city of Roman origin whose walled old town preserves historic gates and passages. Walking tour of the city. In the afternoon, departure for Cluj-Napoca. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 9 — Cluj-Napoca › Tihuta › Moldovița › Sucevița › Voroneț › Gura Humorului / Suceava (BB · L)

Departure for the Bukovina region via the Borgo Pass, with a brief stop at the Dracula castle-hotel. Visit to the Monasteries of Bukovina: Moldovița, Sucevița and Voroneț. Since the 15th century, these monasteries have reflected the Moldavian style — a fusion of Russian and Byzantine influences with folk traditions — expressed in both their architecture and their magnificent frescoes and icons. Arrival in Gura Humorului (or Suceava). Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 10 — Gura Humorului (or Suceava) › Brașov / Poiana Brașov (BB · L)

Departure through the Bicaz Gorge and the Red Lake, with breathtaking Carpathian scenery. Arrival in Brașov. Panoramic tour of this magnificent medieval city. Hotel check-in. Overnight.

Day 11 — Brașov (or Poiana Brașov) › Bucharest (BB · L)

Departure for Bucharest. Panoramic tour including the old quarter — whose lavish 19th-century architecture earned the city the nickname "the Little Paris" —, the Old Court founded by Prince Vlad Tepes, the Hanul Manuc inn (1808), the Romanian Athenaeum, the former Royal Palace and Cișmigiu Park. Overnight. Optional: dinner with folk show.

Day 12 — Bucharest › City of origin

Breakfast. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport and departure to the city of origin.